Finland's ombudsman allows separate swimming times for Muslim women

Newsroom Finland  17 June 2009

Reserving a separate time at swimming pools for Muslim women does not constitute discrimination, Finland's deputy parliamentary ombudsman decided Wednesday.

According to Ombudsman Jukka Lindstedt, time reserved for Muslim women is justified as doing so safeguards the teaching of swimming to immigrants and helps them to adjust to Finland.

The ombudsman's decision came in response to five complaints about certain Finnish cities that were reserving separate swimming pool times for immigrant women (...)

 
Posted June 17th, 2009 by hd
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